Connie Kashkawol's (conniekash) Blog

I wrote about the Palo Verdes and lawns in my first scalping missive on September 29--the trees were bare, the lawns had just been reseeded.  It's still going on all over The Desert, but there are certain communities that were trimmed and scalped earlier.  It happens in stages.  In my community, ...

continued from Monday... I proved to myself that if you put your mind to it, you can do just about anything.  After a long day of banging on doors, I learned a bit of German...I experienced a lot of "Nein(s)".  There wasn't much I was qualified for without speaking the language.  At day's end, I ...

The following can cause sleeplessness, fatigue, depression and disease: Are you now or in the near future behind in your mortgage payments? Have you suffered a hardship? (Job loss, reduction in income, divorce, job transfer, medical condition, family tragedy, etc.) Is the equity in your home wort...

continued from Sunday... So off I was to London.  Paree would have to wait because the student riots were in full swing.  As my flight on BOAC was getting ready to touch down at Heathrow, the pilot announced that the Soviets had just invaded Prague.  There was a USSR Exhibition in Earl's Court an...

I'm not really sure who PHISH is, but apparently they are pretty popular.  I've had groups as far away as Chicago and Toronto who are looking for rentals here for the big concert weekend.  I have a luxurious 3 bedroom/3 bath condo 2 miles from the Polo grounds where the concert is being held but ...

continued from Saturday... It's been a long time but I still remember that when I got in Jack's car, it smelled of pipe tobacco smoke.  He drove up the Wilshire corridor and gave me a running commentary with each major intersection we passed.  We went past the Miracle Mile where he suggested that...

People ask me all the time, how I ended up in The Desert.  We, who live in The Coachella Valley encompassing Palm Springs, Cathedral City (better known as Cat City), Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, Indian Wells, La Quinta and Indio, call this lovely Valley, surrounded by mountain ranges, The Desert. ...

The weather is beginning to cool and the evenings are mellow enough for dining al fresco.  We are approaching my favorite time of year here in the Coachella Valley.  It starts today (we're finally experiencing double digits) and it just gets better and better as winter approaches.  Blinding blue ...